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Kiddies Corner has strict staff : children ratios, these are; The nursery proprietor is Janette Gibbons. Janette has owned and managed Kiddies Corner Day Nursery since May 1999 and has many previous years of childcare experience. Janette has an NVQ Level four qualification in early years care and education. Janette prepares all the nursery meals and snacks at Kiddies Corner and has recently obtained a level two qualification in community food and nutrition skills for the early years to ensure that all the meals we provide are nutritionally balanced and so we are able to cater for special diets. Janette is also a parent with three grown up children. Sian Parry has worked at Kiddies corner since June 2000 and is Kiddies Corners deputy manager. As well as seven years childcare experience Sian is also a mum of two herself. Sian has an NVQ Level 3 in early years care and education and is working towards an NVQ level 4 qualification. Sian works with the 2-3 year olds and also manages the nursery administration. Sonya Tierney is the third person in charge and also a nursery supervisor. Sonya has gained five years experience of working with children during her time at Kiddies Corner. Sonya assists with the nursery administration as well as training up new staff and completing risk assessments and health and safety for the nursery. Becky Gill has worked at Kiddies corner since September 1999. Becky is a supervisor in the older children's room. Becky has an NVQ level 3 in early years care and education and plans the daily activities for the children ages 2+, working to a set curriculum for the foundation phase. Becky also manages assessment records and key worker forms for this age group. Gemma Kewley has worked at Kiddies corner since January 2006 and has a further two and a half years childcare experience. Gemma has a level 2 qualification in pre-school practice and assists in the baby and toddler rooms. Gemma also cooks the children's meals when Janette is unable to do so and is a key worker. Elicia Highfield is our trainee nursery nurse at Kiddies Corner . Elicia started working with us in 2006 and is working towards an NVQ level 2 in early years care and education. Elicia assists Emma and Becky in both the baby room and older children's rooms. Emma Evans started work at Kiddies Corner in August 2007. Emma has a B tech national diploma in childcare and has been working in childcare for 8 years and also has two young children of her own. Emma is our baby room supervisor. Emma is a car driver and is in charge of our daily school runs, taking and picking up children from local schools, during the term time. Joanne Roberts is our newest member of staff at Kiddies Corner. Joanne is working towards her level 3 in early years care and education and has 8 years experience of working in childcare. Joanne works with children aged two and a half plus and is a key worker to some of the children in this age group. Sandra Shingles has many years of experience of working with children through placements in children's wards whilst studying for her Bachelor of honours Nursing Degree and also through being a parent of three herself. Sandra is a relief worker in Kiddies Corner and works with all the different age groups of children. Kiddies Corner is committed to further advancement and qualifications for staff. All members of staff have up to date First Aid, Food Hygiene and Health & Safety Certificates or are working towards them. We also ask staff to attend up to date courses in child protection, confidentiality, equal opportunities, fire safety, manual handling and diversity. A number of other courses become available each year which staff are encouraged to attend. Facilities Back to Top Kiddies Corner Day Nursery offers a wide range of activities indoors and outdoors to help develop your children's skills. Each age group has there own room, which is equipped with toys suitable for the age group. The children have set daily activities, which are flexible. The planning for the under two's covers all areas of development. The planning for the 2-5 year olds has a theme which changes aproximatly every six weeks. The theme reflects the current seasons and includes special occasions from a variety of cultures. There are six areas which the themed activities are divided into. These are language, literacy and communication skills, mathematical development, knowledge and understanding of the world, creative development, personal and social development and physical development. From September 2008 there will be an additional section- Knowledge of the Welsh language. Activities are planned per term. Topics are then broken down to half term segments and then again to weekly plans and ideas. There is always flexibility for change. Becky is the member of staff responsible for planning the children's activities. The two year olds who miss out on attending part time school in the new school year because their birthday falls between September and December or January and March are entitled to take part in work from the foundation phase. This means the child will be covering similar curriculum and themes as those children who attend part time school and they are also entitled to a free half-day session per week.
Outside Play Back
to Top Kiddies Corner is situated close to the westshore beach and park. The children often get the opportunity to go on outings with parental permission. During outings the staff : child ratio changes to 1:3 (for all age groups) to ensure the safety of the children.
We receive information and courses through ‘Tiny Tums'. This is a scheme, which helps promote healthy eating for children. Since receiving information on diet and nutrition from ‘Tiny Tums' we have revised our menus to make them healthier for the children and Janette, who prepares all our meals and snacks has obtained a level two qualification in community food and nutrition skills Please see policy section for our food and diet policy.
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